Re: [OT] Bruce Perens talks to BBC
On 1/26/04 6:00 PM, "Paul M Foster" wrote:
Right On Paul My sentiments exactly, I think the comedian Robin Williams has
a bit on what America should do, I don't have it handy, but mirrors those
thoughts.
>
> Really? And you get that from this table, do you? The *worst*?
>
> You know what? I think the we (the U.S.) should cut off aid entirely to
> the rest of the world. The rest of the world has a serious habit of
> biting the hand that feeds it. So let them fend for themselves.
>
> And here are some guidelines for "living in the shadow of the United
> States of America":
>
> 1. Don't call us when you need help fending off the next power-mad
> psycho bent on enslaving the entire planet.
>
> 2. Don't call us when you've finished erecting the full-on socialist
> state you're busy creating in Europe, and you don't like the results.
>
> 3. Don't come here to escape your crushing taxes.
>
> 4. Don't come here to avoid your crappy socialized health care system.
>
> 5. Don't expect sympathy when 3000 of your citizens become victims of
> the next Islamist nut job with a plan, who claims he hates the U.S. but
> inexplicably attacks you instead.
>
> 6. Don't come here to find "opportunity" or "the promise of a better
> life." That includes you, Mexico.
>
> 7. Don't expect our help in creating an economy or a society that
> actually works. Our founding documents are all on the internet for you
> to peruse. That's how we did it and how we do it.
>
> 8. Don't expect to benefit from any technological advances created in
> the U.S., including new life-saving drugs.
>
> 9. Don't call us.
>
> Yeah, the U.S. really sucks. And we love hearing it over and over again
> from people who are cut off from the fruits of observation, and are
> really incapable of doing anything but whining. Or who really just have
> a socialist or communist agenda.
>
> Paul
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